Hotel replaces Bibles with 'Fifty Shades of Grey'

[sinkingfeeling]

http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/24/12909862-hotel-replaces-bibles-with-fifty-shades-of-grey?

Bibles in nightstands are a familiar amenity for hotel guests, but travelers seeking to read their favorite verse at one establishment will be in for a big surprise.

The Damson Dene Hotel, which touts itself as the perfect destination for a “peaceful break away from it all” in England’s picturesque Lake District, is making quite a noise for replacing the Bible with “Fifty Shades of Grey” in its 40 guest rooms.

Damson Dene owner Jonathan Denby, who bought the hotel from a Methodist group 10 years ago, said he had been pondering for a long time what to do with the Gideons Bibles that had been placed in the rooms by the previous proprietors.

He decided that in a modern secular society it was “wholly inappropriate” to keep a religious book in people’s private bedrooms, so the search was on for a replacement.

[hlthe2b]

1. Oh that should go over well...

[LaurenG]

2. ahahahaa ha

puts a whole new spin on getting on your knees. damn.

[OriginalGeek]

3. Seems fair

50SoG is WAY less racy than the bible.


(judging by the excerpts of 50SoG my wife has shown me.)

[Bertha Venation]

4. They put bibles in hotel rooms in England, too?

I thought people were a lot less fucked-up on the other side of the Atlantic.

[BrendaBrick]

5. I always thought that a copy

of Aesop's Fables could make for a good replacement!